Movie Reviews5.9/10
The Monster Fights Are Great. The Movie Between Them Isn’t.
Godzilla vs. Kong review: Adam Wingard's Monsterverse clash delivers monster fights but a thin human plot. Score: 5.9 of 10.
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Movie Reviews3.8/10
Men in Black II Wastes Its Stars on a Script That Forgets Them
Men in Black II (2002) review: 88 minutes, a 38% Rotten Tomatoes score, and two movie stars wasted on a script that never gives them a reason to return.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Birds of Prey Review: Margot Robbie Shines in a Scattered, Colorful Harley Quinn Outing
Harley Quinn's chaotic emancipation hits screens in a 109-minute action-crime ride. Margot Robbie shines, but the Birds never quite gel.
Movie Reviews4.7/10
The Machines and Humans Stop Shooting Long Enough to Let Neo Die
The Matrix Revolutions ends in truce, not victory: Zion survives, Neo dies, Smith is destroyed. A 4.7/10 review of the 2003 trilogy finale.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
The Fast and the Furious Was Built on a B-Movie Engine and a Star Who’d Never Driven Stick
A review of 2001's The Fast and the Furious, the rough first draft of a franchise built on one good idea: a car is a promise.
Movie Reviews4.6/10
The Super Mario Bros. Movie Review: A 93-Minute Checklist That Settles for a Cat Suit
The Super Mario Bros. Movie review: 93 minutes of star voices, a Warp Pipe and a Cat Suit — but a 4.6/10 disappointment.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
Moriarty Finally Gets a Worthy Opponent in Guy Ritchie’s 2011 Sequel
Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law return as Holmes and Watson, chasing Jared Harris's Moriarty across 1891 Europe in Guy Ritchie's bigger, louder sequel.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
X2 Turns Mutant Rights Into a War Story
X2 review: Nightcrawler attacks the White House, Stryker invades Xavier's school, and Wolverine hunts his past. A sequel that widens the mutant argument.
Movie Reviews8.8/10
Frances McDormand’s grieving mother takes on a town that would rather she stayed quiet
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell, and Martin McDonagh's Oscar-winning revenge drama, reviewed.
Movie Reviews4.8/10
Night at the Museum Wastes Its Best Idea on a Plot That Never Slows Down
Night at the Museum review: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams and a Golden Tablet that can't save Shawn Levy's chaotic 2006 hit.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Will Smith and Josh Brolin Carry a Sequel That Sends Agent J Back to 1969
Men in Black 3 (2012): Barry Sonnenfeld directs Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin in a $215 million time-travel sequel. Review, cast and verdict.
Movie Reviews4.3/10
The Maze Runner sequel pads its running time with a desert trek that goes nowhere
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials runs 131 minutes and feels longer — a review of the 2015 sequel's wasted cast, thin Scorch, and a hero who only reacts.